Indicative programme - Competitiveness Council of 28 and 29 November 2019

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 27 november 2019.

Chairs:

Timo Harakka, Minister of Employment

Katri Kulmuni, Minister of Economic Affairs

Place:

Europa building, Brussels

All times are approximate and subject to change

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Internal Market and Industry

From 08.30

Arrivals

+/- 08.50

Doorstep by Minister Timo Harakka

+/- 09.30

Beginning of the Council meeting (Roundtable)

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of non-legislative A items

+/- 09.45

New Deal for Consumers - Representative actions directive (public session)

AOB - Implementation of the new CPC Regulation (public session)

+/- 10.30

Public country-by-country reporting (public session)

+/- 12.00

External dimension of the European Competitiveness (public session)

+/- 13.30

Lunch debate on SMEs policy for the future

+/- 15.00

AOB: Better regulation supporting sustainable growth (public session)

AOB: Enhancing the digitalisation of the EU tourism sector (public session)

+/- 15.10

AOB: "Friends of Industry Ministerial meeting 2019" (Vienna, 4 October 2019) (public session)

Strategic value chains - Strategic forum on IPCEI (public session)

+/- 15.20

AOB: Competition in the European Defence Fund (public session)

+/- 15.30

AOB: Report of the SME Envoy Network (public session)

+/- 15.40

AOB: Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 16.30

Press conference (live streaming, Europa building press room)

Friday, 29 November 2019 - Europa building

Space

From 08.30

Arrivals

+/- 08.45

Doorstep by Minister Katri Kulmuni

09.30

Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)

+/- 09.30

Conclusions on "Space solutions for a sustainable Arctic" (public session)

+/- 09.45

Fostering a sustainable space economy (public session)

+/- 11.15

AOB: Work programme of the incoming Presidency

Research

from 11.30

Arrivals

12.00

Lunch debate on attracting private R&I investments for sustainable growth and the contribution of Horizon Europe

14.00

Roundtable

+/- 14.00

Euratom research programme

+/- 14.45

Horizon Europe regulation (public session)

  • a) 
    Recitals
  • b) 
    Annex IV (synergies)

+/- 15.15

Conclusions on the updated EU bioeconomy strategy (public session)

+/- 15.30

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) regulation (public session)

Strategic Innovation Agenda of the EIT (public session)

+/- 16.45

AOB: Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 17.15

Press conference (live streaming, Justus Lipsius press room)